Chapter 13: Fighting Ghosts
My first reaction was, Rhubarb is so fierce, this old lady is a anyway, that's the level of a powerful ghost, plus she's getting older, she must be much more powerful than Meng Erbai.
It took so much effort to deal with Meng Erbai before, this old ghost must be even more difficult to mess with.
But the old cat immediately pulled me back a few steps, and judging by the old cat's meaning, Rhubarb should be able to deal with this ghost by himself.
I hurriedly followed the old cat back, and Rhubarb fought with the old ghost.
From my distance, the silhouette of the ghost was already very unclear, and I could vaguely see her hands fluttering in the air, like a drowning person, but the rich black gas surged towards the rhubarb with her hands, and the rhubarb was gradually submerged in the black gas.
I whispered to the old cat: Old cat, is it okay for Rhubarb to be alone?
The old cat nodded and said, "Don't worry, Rhubarb is very good, he is the heir of the orthodox Daoxuan, and he will be fine."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little strange and asked, "Isn't Rhubarb your apprentice?" Why is he said to be the descendant of the orthodox Daoxuan?
The old cat smiled and said: The two of us are just partners, he said that he is my apprentice, but he is just joking, and he can't take it seriously.
I realized the relationship between the two, in fact, it was originally the same, rhubarb and the old cat are of the same age, only ten years old, if it is really a master-apprentice relationship, then the old cat will be a master when he is a teenager.
Rhubarb and the old lady fought more and more fiercely, and the old cat seemed to think that our distance was still not safe enough, and even pulled me back a few steps.
We've almost pulled out of the entire cemetery. And I looked from my current position, and found that I couldn't see the ghost clearly, and in the dark night, it seemed that Rhubarb was the only one jumping there with a peachwood sword.
I suddenly remembered a ghost story I had heard when I was a child.
It is said that the village where I lived when I was a child had a haunted cemetery, and the village chief paid for a master to come over, and the master also held a peachwood sword, and danced in the cemetery at the edge of the village all night.
In the middle of the night, the master suddenly fell to the ground and died, bleeding from the seven orifices, and died a terrible death, and everyone did not know why he died, because he was alone with a sword dancing from beginning to end.
Only the village dog kept barking at the high-ranking man, and a little boy said that the high-ranking man had been surrounded by a circle of people all the time
I thought it was strange at the time, but now I finally understand what it's all about.
Because the master back then, from beginning to end, he was not jumping around alone, but fighting with powerful ghosts, and in the end, he was not killed for no reason, but he was defeated by evil ghosts and died of exhaustion.
Thinking of this story, I began to worry about rhubarb from the bottom of my heart, although the old cat said that rhubarb should be fine, but that ghost is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp.
As the minutes passed, I saw that Rhubarb's movements had obviously begun to look slow and tired, and I quickly asked the old cat: Old cat, is Rhubarb really okay?
At this time, I realized that in fact, the old cat's face was not good-looking.
In my impression, the old cat's face has never been like this, he has always been a very calm and calm person, but now I can see the cold sweat on his face.
I immediately understood that the current situation was only a little bad, and Rhubarb might not be the opponent of the old ghost.
But I couldn't do anything about it, because I didn't know how to fight a ghost.
The old cat waited for a while, and began to rummage through his backpack, and I saw that he took out another bundle of red rope, and I asked, "Old cat, is there anything I can do to help?"
The old cat shook his head and said, "You wait here, don't worry about anything."
After saying that, the old cat held the red rope in his hand and rushed towards the rhubarb.
I saw the old cat's figure very fast, and in the blink of an eye it had already rushed over, and then I heard a scream, apparently from the old ghost.
Then the old cat held up the red rope and seemed to bind her, but because it was so far away that I couldn't see the old ghost at all, her whole outline seemed to be hidden, like air.
I saw puffs of black smoke start to rise from the red rope, and then there was a scorching smell, and I quickly shouted: What's the matter, old cat?
But neither the old cat nor the rhubarb paid any attention to me, and after about a few minutes, the old cat and the rhubarb suddenly began to run towards me quickly.
Rhubarb's face was covered with sweat, and he said as he ran: Hurry up! Lin Yang, run! Get out of here!
Saying that, the two of them had already run to me, and I quickly ran out after them, and the three of us ran towards the village at a very fast speed.
After running for more than ten minutes, they stopped, and the old cat looked back vigilantly and said, "Fortunately, the old lady didn't follow."
I gasped for breath and I asked the old cat: What's going on? You didn't subdue that old ghost just now?
The old cat nodded, and Rhubarb said: This old ghost is very deep, not an ordinary character, I have been fighting with her for so long, and I have always been at a disadvantage.
As he spoke, Rhubarb stretched out his arm for me to see, and I saw that there were many narrow wounds on his arm, which, as expected, were the work of the old ghost.
I quickly asked: What should I do, these injuries don't matter, right? Will it be infected?
Rhubarb took a sip and said: Phew, depressed, definitely won't be infected, it's just that his mother is in a panic
The old cat looked around and said: No, it's too evil here, the yin qi is very heavy, and it's the chassis of the Bai family, I think it's impossible for the Bai family to reconcile with us, let's go quickly.
Rhubarb also nodded and said: That's right, that old lady is just a member of the Bai family, if the other Bai family's lonely ghosts also come, we will have to die here tonight.
My back tingled when I heard this, and I quickly asked, "But is there no bus now?"
Rhubarb said: There should be a night bus, anyway, you can't spend the night in this village.
After saying that, a few of us hurriedly walked the mountain road and walked to the road in the distance.
Rhubarb warned me as he walked: Lin Yang, walk the mountain road for a while, no matter what happens, you must not turn back, you can't agree if someone tells you, and you can't look at the cold in your back, you know?
I nodded, I understood this truth, I also grew up in the countryside, and there are many legends of ghosts and monsters in the small village. For example, if you walk at night, especially on mountain roads, you must not look back.
Sometimes when someone walks and walks, they feel that there is a pair of hands on their shoulders, and at this time they must not turn back, because those hands are likely not to be human, and if you turn around, you will be blown out by the ghost and die at once, or be directly put on the body by the ghost.
Now we must have been targeted by the old ghosts of the Bai family, so when we walk the mountain road for a while, there must be a lot of danger.
At this time, the old cat took out a piece of pitch-black object from his backpack, and then lit it with a lighter, and after the thing burned, it emitted a quiet fragrance.
Only then did I realize that it was a piece of sandalwood.
Rhubarb pointed to the sandalwood in the old cat's hand and said to me: Look, sandalwood drives away ghosts, although the sandalwood spreads quickly on the mountain road, and it has little effect, but it is better than nothing, and we also have a support.
I nodded, and suddenly thought of the bloody handprint on my back, so I asked: Rhubarb, did you say that the bloody handprint on my back was imprinted by the old lady just now?
Rhubarb shook his head and said: No, your bloody handprint looks like a man's palm, and the old lady's hand is not so big.
I frowned when I heard this, and asked: Then who printed this handprint, could it be someone from the Bai family?
Rhubarb said: I don't know, the possibility is not too big, don't forget, when you printed the handprint on your back, Meng Erbai had not been dispersed by us, and the Bai family did not have a holiday with us at that time, so they had no reason to give you a bloody handprint
The more I listened, the more confused I became, and I couldn't figure out what ghost would have pressed a bloody handprint on me, maybe only Lao Xie, who dealt with the ghosts in the subway, could figure it out.
As we spoke, we had walked far away, and in the distance there were faint lights in the mountain village. However, the mountain road was always dark, and only the light of the flashlights in the hands of the three of us illuminated in the darkness.
The old cat was at the front, I was in the middle, and the rhubarb was a little behind.
Because the mountain road is not very wide, the three of us lined up in a long snake formation. The highway is three miles away, and at this pace, we can walk for another ten minutes.
However, at this moment, Rhubarb suddenly groaned, pointed to the ground and said: Lin Yang, let me tell you something, don't be afraid
I was horrified by Rhubarb's tone, and hurriedly asked: What's the matter, you tell me.
Rhubarb said again: Lin Yang, you should be mentally prepared first, no matter what I tell you for a while, you must be calm, and you must not turn back, you know no
I listened to Rhubarb's words, and my heart was even colder, now I only feel that my shoulders are heavy, but it doesn't look like I have a pair of hands to press, but like I am carrying a very heavy backpack, so what is Rhubarb trying to tell me?
At this time, Rhubarb pointed to the shadow under my feet and said, "Lin Yang, you look the same, your own shadow."
When I looked down, I was scared, and I saw that above my shadow, on my shoulder, there was another person's shadow, and it seemed that person should be riding on my neck, and his hands were swinging strangely